Michelle Solomon

Hollywood, FL USA
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Professional Experience

I've single-handedly launched custom-publishing magazines from the ground up for five star hotels and luxury products, from writing, editing and creative direction to overseeing production. Expertise in luxury writing. Also health and business profiles. I am a deadline driven, results-producing editor/writer who learned to write in newspaper and television breaking news, so stories are done quickly and accurately.

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
10 Years
Writer
20 Years
Editor
10 Years

Specialty

Consumer Products
5 Years
Lifestyle
10 Years
Other, Specify
10 Years

Industries


Broadcasting - News - TV (Local)
10 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
10 Years
Academia Teaching
5 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

20 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Community Media Corporation (10+), Mandarin Oriental Hotels (10+), Post Newsweek Company (10+), Worth International (6-10), MGM Grand Macau (1-2), Peninsula Hotels (1-2), InterContinental Hong Kong (1-2)

Technical Skills

Able to work within CSS coding, search engine optimization (SEO), content management systems (CMS)

Unions

National Writers Union

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, InDesign, Windows XP, HTML, Photoshop

Equipment

laptop, digital camera, Canon professional camera, IPC recorder, canon scanner

Showcase

Writing Samples/Magazines

The View
(InterContinental Hong Kong 9/8/2024)
Produced, wrote entire in-room magazine.
Feature Story: Designing America
(Gaylord Hotels 9/8/2024)
Feature about the nation's top product designers.
Buying Time
(Gaylord Magazine 10/2/2008)
Assigned story about upscale watches.
MGM Grand Macau
(10/27/2009)
Sponsor editorials from Croizet to Chanel, Hermes to Veuve Clicquot.
The Art of Richard MacDonald
(Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas 1/12/2010)
Destinations
(InterContinental Hong Kong 9/8/2024)
Travel stories from Bali to Beijing.
Profile: Filmmaker Deepa Mehta
(Women's Lifestyle Magazine 9/8/2024)
An interview with fiery Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta about her movie "Water."

Books

Helm Bank
(Community Media 12/1/2008)
Profile for Helm Bank, Miami

Writing Samples/Luxury Consumer Products

Romain Jerome Watches
(International Publishing Concepts 5/2/2008)
This was a story for a very unusual high end watch company. The story ran in the Mandarin Oriental hotel San Francisco book, in its Luxury Portfolio section.
Casa Fortunata
(International Publishing Concepts 6/2/2009)
Client story for Mandarin Oriental Munich book about a home accessories store on MaximilianStrasse.
100 Percent Capri
(International Publishing Concepts 9/8/2024)
Luxury story on 100 Percent Capri located in Bal Harbour Shops for The Mandarin Oriental Miami Art Book. Interview with designer of brand.
Tara Pearls
(International Publishing Concepts 6/2/2009)
Client piece about TARA for The Peninsula Beverly Hills Art Book Vol. 1
Brioni, Armani, Cartier
(International Publishing Concepts 6/1/2009)
Luxury Portfolio stories for Brioni (men's wear), Armani Boutique, Miami; and Cartier's Made In America celebration.
Cartier In America
(International Publishing Concepts 5/29/2009)
Cartier celebrates 100 Years in America for the Mandarin Oriental Miami Luxury Art Book.
Lana Marks
(International Publishing Concepts 6/26/2009)
Story about purse creator Lana Marks for The Peninsula Beverly Hills Luxury Art Book.
Tiffany & Co
(Fisher Island Magazine 10/14/2014)
Interview with Tiffany & Co.'s new design director Francesca Amfitheatrof for Fisher Magazine, Miami.
Ralph Lauren's American Style
(International Publishing Concepts 9/8/2024)
Story on Ralph Lauren for Mandarin Oriental Washington DC book.
Corum Watches
(International Publishing Concepts 7/3/2009)
Story for the Mandarin Oriental Miami on Corum Watches.

Health

Integrated Care
(Broward Health Magazine 10/2/2008)
Broward Health assigned story about woman who was helped after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Chris Evert Profile
(Broward Health Magazine 5/27/2009)
Profile of Chris Evert, tennis player, for Broward Health magazine.
Making A Difference
(Broward Health Magazine 5/27/2009)
Assigned profile of cancer survivor Lisa Boccard.
A Team Approach
(Broward Health Magazine 10/2/2008)
An assigned story about a young woman suffering from not only brain cancer, but thyroid cancer. New to America, she finds a team of doctors at Broward Health that save her life, and her not-yet-born baby.
Pet Therapy
(Broward Health Magazine 5/27/2009)
Assigned feature on a Pet Therapy program at Broward County (FL) hospitals.
Cellulite
(Broward Health Magazine 5/27/2009)
Do cellulite creams really work? Assigned feature for Broward Health magazine.

Entertainment

Celebrity Chatter
(Internet Broadcasting Systems (WMOR-TV) 9/8/2024)
Celebrity Chatter column dishes weekly info about stars.
Music Review
(New Times 9/8/2024)
Review of Fleetwood Mac in Fort Lauderdale
Music Review
(New Times 9/8/2024)
Winter Music Conference
Live Show Review
(New Times 9/8/2024)
Blue Man Group at Universal Studios
Live Show Review
(Gloria Estefan, New Times 10/26/2008)
Gloria Estefan at AAA in Miami.
Live Show Review
(Sandra Bernhard at the Colony/New Times 7/27/2007)
Sandra Bernhard performs a two night music filled stint at South Beach's Colony Theatre.
Live Show Review
(MeatLoaf, New Times 10/19/2008)

Visual Art

Visual Art
(Scranton Times 9/8/2024)
A man who makes sculptures out of salt
Gallery Profile
(Mandarin Oriental 9/8/2024)
Profile of the Wildenstein Gallery New York
Collecting Art
(Gaylord Magazine 9/8/2024)
Collecting Art feature
Galerie Leu
(International Publishing Concepts 9/8/2024)
Galerie Leu in Munich, Germany, for the Mandarin Oriental Munich art book.
Galerie Thomas
(International Publishing Concepts 7/3/2009)
Profile of Galerie Thomas in Munich, Germany, for the Mandarin Oriental Munich art book.